16-letter words containing h, i, v, r
- surveyor's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- the silver ferns — the women's international netball team of New Zealand
- the silver state — the nickname of the US state of Nevada, which comes from the large amount of silver discovered and mined there
- the virgin queen — another name for Queen Elizabeth I of England
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
- vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- verbal diarrhoea — a tendency to speak at excessive length
- visiting teacher — a teacher in a public school system, assigned to give home instruction to sick or disabled pupils.
- vitamin-enriched — having had vitamins added
- weather advisory — advisory (def 5).
- weighted average — a mean that is computed with extra weight given to one or more elements of the sample.
- whirling dervish — a member of a Turkish order of dervishes, or Sufis, whose ritual consists in part of a highly stylized whirling dance.
- white-eyed vireo — a vireo, Vireo griseus, of eastern North America, having olive, yellow, and white plumage, a yellow ring around each eye, and white irises.
- xaverian brother — a member of a congregation of Roman Catholic laymen bound by simple vows and dedicated to education.